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11 July 2020
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Resignation of the Bishop of Bissau
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bissau (Guinea Bissau), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José Câmnate na Bissign. (SL) (Agenz ...
11 July 2020
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The crisis for Covid-19 is worsening: the Bishops indicate a day of prayer on July 12
San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica invite all Catholics, Christians, believers and all people of good will to join tomorrow, Sunday 12 July, in a day of prayer for a series of intentions related to the ...
11 July 2020
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The PMS National Director: "The Pontifical Mission Societies are at the service of the renewal of the universal Church"
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, I would like to thank the Holy Father for his message, for sharing his thoughts and showing a special interest in the Pontifical Mission Societies. The proposals formulated by the ...
11 July 2020
NEWS ANALYSIS - Environmental disasters and the Church's commitment: the path of safeguarding creation in Central Asia
Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Integral ecology and the protection of creation are issues that are still little felt in the five Countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), strongl ...
11 July 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Everyone must condemn rape which is an intrinsically evil act" says the Archbishop of Lagos
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Scriptures and the Church down through the ages have condemned all sexual perversion including rape. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, physical and moral integrity of the victim. ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - Covid-19: reopening of some parishes on an experimental basis; the contribution of the special fund of the PMS arrives
Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - The small Church in Togo tries to recover from the isolation caused by Covid-19 and the consequent difficulties that have exacerbated the already precarious conditions of the country. "We are ...
10 July 2020
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D’Rozario to the faithful: return to mass
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We must take preventive measures and go back to church. Holy mass and the Eucharist are the best way to be united with Jesus Christ. Following an online mass does not have the same effect as the ...
10 July 2020
ASIA/SINGAPORE - General elections, among Covid-19 and the migrant crisis
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The ballot boxes to elect parliamentarians of the 14th legislature since the "Lion City" has been an independent state (1965) begins today, July 10, in Singapore. With a unicameral parliamenta ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The alarm of the missionaries: New jihadist attack in the North destroys church, hospital, houses
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - New attack by jihadist formations in Mocímboa da Praia, in northern Mozambique. The militiamen set the local church, the Januario Pedro secondary school, the district hospital, dozens of houses, ...
10 July 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Indigenous Missionary Council denounces the presidential vetoes: hatred and violence against indigenous peoples
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) has publicly expressed its repudiation of the presidential vetoes expressed in the bill 1142/2020, approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal S ...
10 July 2020
ASIA/TAIWAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 25, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Venanzio Khohi Mbwi, of the diocesan clergy of Taichung as Nat ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/SENEGAL and MAURITANIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 April 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Joachim Francois Ndione, of the diocesan clergy of Thiès as Na ...
10 July 2020
AMERICA/CUBA - The journey of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence continues also during the pandemic
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "In Cuba, the implementation of the first post-Covid-19 phase has begun gradually. For the Church it was a challenge and at the same time a call to respond and announce the values of the Gospel", ...
10 July 2020
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai's appeal for "Lebanese neutrality" moves national and regional political axes
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The recent appeal of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai to internationally support Lebanon's position of neutrality on Middle Eastern geopolitical scenarios is beginning to arouse eloquent re ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Ivorians have become psychotic one month after the attack on Kafolo
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 June, 14 Ivorian soldiers died in a terrorist attack against a joint army/gendarmerie checkpoint in the Kafolo area, on the border with Burkina Faso. This was the second jihadist offensive ...
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